List of people executed in the United States in 1942

One hundred and forty-seven people, one hundred and forty-six male and one female, were executed in the United States in 1942, one hundred and nineteen by electrocution, twenty by gas chamber, seven by hanging, and one by firing squad. ^[1]

List of people executed in the United States in 1942

No.	Date of execution	Name	Age of person			Gender	Ethnicity	State	Method	Ref.
			At execution	At offense	Age difference
1	January 6, 1942	George L. Foulds Jr.	23	22	1	Male	White	New Jersey	Electrocution	[2]
2	January 8, 1942	Isaac Richardson	28	27			Black	New York		[3]
3	January 9, 1942	Albert Dyer	34	32	2		White	Alabama		[4]
4		Ralph W. Ernest	33	Unknown	Unknown			Delaware	Hanging	[5]
5		James Arthur Yount	60	59	1			Mississippi	Electrocution	[6]
6		Roland Paul Wescott	21	20				North Carolina	Gas chamber	[7]
7	January 15, 1942	Earl Parks	26	25			Black	Illinois	Electrocution	[1]
8		Henry Ancrum	31	29	2			New York		[8]
9		Ralph G. Jones	35	33
10	January 16, 1942	William Henry Diggs	24	24	0			Virginia		[9]
11		Charles T. Johnson Jr.	19	19
12	January 17, 1942	Bernard Sawicki		18	1		White	Illinois		[10]
13	January 21, 1942	Wayne R. Thompson	24	23				Ohio		[11]
14	January 22, 1942	Arturo Renna	36	32	4		Hispanic	New York		[12]
15	January 23, 1942	Dock Powell	27	27	0		Black	Alabama		[13]
16		Jimmie Herron	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown			Arkansas		[1]
17	January 28, 1942	Nehemiah Glover	28	26	2			Texas		[14]
18	January 29, 1942	Thomas Conroy	39	38	1		White	New York		[15]
19	January 30, 1942	James Shivers	38	Unknown	Unknown		Black	Georgia		[1]
20	January 31, 1942	Charlie Strickland	25	24	1
21	February 6, 1942	Edward Leroy Morton	28	25	3
22	February 9, 1942	J.D. Tuggle	23	21	2		White	Oklahoma		[16]
23	February 10, 1942	Virginius Carter	33	32	1			Indiana		[17]
24	February 13, 1942	Roy Sturdivant	29	Unknown	Unknown		Black	North Carolina	Gas chamber	[1]
25		Roy Alex Walden	38	37	1		White	Tennessee	Electrocution	[18]
26	February 14, 1942	Ernest Tipton Dixon	24	22	2					[19]
27		John Dockery	20	18
28	February 15, 1942	Richard Robinson	38	Unknown	Unknown		Black	Texas		[1]
29	February 19, 1942	Frank Abbandando	31	26	5		White	New York		[20]
30		Harry Maione	33	28
31	February 20, 1942	James Satterfield	35	33	2		Black	Kentucky		[1]
32		George Thomas	30	29	1			South Carolina
33	February 22, 1942	Charlie Goldsby	37	37	0			Texas
34	February 26, 1942	George Joseph Cvek	24	23	1		White	New York		[21]
35	March 2, 1942	George Newsome	29	29	0		Black	Florida		[1]
36	March 5, 1942	Morris Mardavich	24	23	1		White	New York		[22]
37	March 6, 1942	John Miller	35	Unknown	Unknown		Black	Georgia		[1]
38	March 10, 1942	Robert Cox	31	30	1			New Jersey		[23]
39	March 11, 1942	Howard P. Cone	24	23			White	Georgia		[24]
40	March 12, 1942	Anthony Esposito	37	35	2			New York		[25]
41		William Esposito	29	27
42	March 13, 1942	Esker Washington Gibson	32	31	1			Alabama		[26]
43		Bud Phelps Herring	69	67	2		Black
44		Monroe Bounds	30	23	7			South Carolina		[27]
45	March 20, 1942	John Anthony Soto	17	16	1		Hispanic	Oregon	Gas chamber	[28]
46		John Henry Goode	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown		Black	Tennessee	Electrocution	[29]
47		Clarence May	33	32	1		White
48	March 22, 1942	Rogers Lee King	19	18			Black	Texas		[1]
49	March 23, 1942	Worth Roberson	22	17	5		White	Florida		[30]
50		Angelo Michael Ciangetti	49	47	2
51		Jecy Crawford	28	25	3		Black
52		Walter Roberson	42	41	1
53	March 27, 1942	Eugene Burnam	18	15	3			Kentucky		[31]
54	April 10, 1942	Dewey Clark	30	28	2			California	Gas chamber	[32]
55		Henry E. Jones	52	50
56	April 24, 1942	Ernest Tyler Jr.	36	35	1			Missouri		[33]
57	May 1, 1942	Clarence Hardy	42	Unknown	Unknown			Alabama	Electrocution	[34]
58		Ed Hayes Jr.	34	34	0
59		Major Raymond Lisenba	48	41	7		White	California	Hanging	[35]
60	May 8, 1942	Wilbur Pritchett	37	Unknown	Unknown		Black	Maryland		[36]
61		James Benjamin Alford	26	25	1		White	Texas	Electrocution	[1]
62	May 13, 1942	Leo Jordan	23	23	0			Illinois		[37]
63	May 15, 1942	Norman Williams	28	24	4			Georgia		[1]
64	May 16, 1942	McKinley Morris	23	22	1		Black	Texas
65	May 18, 1942	John A. Stanton	44	Unknown	Unknown	White	Florida
66	May 22, 1942	Martin Sukle	40	38	2		Colorado	Gas chamber	[38]
67	June 5, 1942	Benjamin Franklin Adams	46	45	1		Arkansas	Electrocution	[39]
68		Robert Williams	23	22		Black	Kentucky		[1]
69		Frank Haywood	32	Unknown	Unknown		Maryland	Hanging	[40]
70	June 11, 1942	Charles McGale	45	44	1	White	New York	Electrocution	[41]
71		Joseph Riordan	28	26	2
72	June 15, 1942	James Durrell Baker	32	26	6	Black	Florida		[42]
73		Clyde W. Hysler	26	20		White
74		Orrin J. Brown	55	54	1		Texas		[43]
75	June 26, 1942	William M. Patterson	25	Unknown	Unknown	Black	Alabama		[44]
76		William Nelms Snead	34	Unknown	Unknown
77	June 30, 1942	James Nickerson	24	22	2	White	Massachusetts		[45]
78		Paul Giacomazza	19	17
79	July 2, 1942	Dock Moore	25	24	1	Black	Georgia		[1]
80		Odell Waller		23	2		Virginia		[46]
81	July 5, 1942	Luther Hill	28	27	1		Texas		[47]
82	July 10, 1942	Paul Mealer	41	39	2	White	Alabama		[48]
83		S.T. Mosley	23	20	3	Black	Georgia		[1]
84		Andrew Henry	54	Unknown	Unknown		Maryland	Hanging	[49]
85		Cyrus Pinckney	30	28	2		South Carolina	Electrocution	[50]
86	July 20, 1942	Byrd L. Hudgins	23	22	1	White	Florida		[51]
87		Willie Monroe Williams	27	26		Black
88	July 22, 1942	Buffert Ray Doney	48	47		White	Ohio		[52]
89	July 24, 1942	Charles Benjamin	23	Unknown	Unknown	Black	Maryland	Hanging	[53]
90		Edward Wofford	27	Unknown	Unknown
91		Walter Orville Merikle	22	21	1	White	Mississippi	Electrocution	[54]
92	July 29, 1942	Edward Hart Jr.	25	24		Black	Texas		[55]
93	July 30, 1942	Donald Lawton Condit				White	Utah	Firing squad	[56]
94	July 31, 1942	A.T. Jones	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Black	Arkansas	Electrocution	[1]
95		Percy Flemings	24	Unknown	Unknown		Mississippi		[57]
96		Lawrence Wright	20	Unknown	Unknown
97	August 1, 1942	Ben Walker	35	Unknown	Unknown		Texas		[1]
98	August 7, 1942	Maurice Louis Briggs	26	25	1	White	California	Gas chamber	[58]
99		James Lee Robertson	25	25	0	Black	Kentucky	Electrocution	[1]
100		Arthur Gibson	32	Unknown	Unknown		North Carolina	Gas chamber	[59]
101		Richard Gamon	22	Unknown	Unknown		South Carolina	Electrocution	[1]
102	August 8, 1942	Herbert Hans Haupt		22	0	White	Federal government		[60]
103		Heinrich Harm Heinck	35	34	1
104		Edward John Kerling	33	33	0
105		Hermann Otto Neubauer	32	32
106		Richard Quirin	34	34
107		Werner Thiel	35	35
108		Emiliano Benevidez	31	29	2	Hispanic	Texas		[61]
109	August 10, 1942	William Kennie Wilson	21	20	1	Black	Pennsylvania		[62]
110	August 17, 1942	Ernest James Robinson	20	18	2		Florida		[63]
111	August 21, 1942	Steve Crimm	26	25	1		California	Gas chamber	[64]
112		Walter Kirby Smith Sr.	64	63		White	North Carolina		[1]
113	August 28, 1942	Jess Sanders	56	55		Black	Kentucky	Electrocution	[65]
114		Otis Peter Smith	30	28	2
115		John A. Kramer	63	61		White	Nevada	Gas chamber	[66]
116	September 2, 1942	C.L. Turner	36	35	1	Black	Texas	Electrocution	[1]
117	September 9, 1942	Willie Larkin	31	Unknown	Unknown		Louisiana		[67]
118	September 10, 1942	Carlo Barone	22	21	1	White	New York		[68]
119		Edward Hicks	21	19	2	Black
120	September 11, 1942	Alchrist Grant	31	29			South Carolina		[69]
121	September 17, 1942	James Clark	22	21	1		New York		[70]
122		Lawrence Edwards	19	18
123		Manuel Jacinto	48	47		Hispanic
124	September 18, 1942	John Pantano	20	19		White	Illinois		[71]
125	September 24, 1942	Clifton Guillory				Black	Louisiana		[72]
126	October 9, 1942	William Isaac Robinson	34	33			District of Columbia		[73]
127	October 16, 1942	Charles E. Martin Jr.	24	23		White	Georgia		[1]
128		Buster Shaw	20	20	0	Black			[74]
129	October 23, 1942	Donald Harry Fearn	27	26	1	White	Colorado	Gas chamber	[75]
130	October 29, 1942	Saul Nolan	31	31	0	Black	Louisiana	Electrocution	[1]
131	October 30, 1942	David Herman Allen	36	36		White	North Carolina	Gas chamber	[76]
132		Otis Harris	17	16	1	Black
133	November 13, 1942	Delmar Arnold	26	24	2	White	California		[77]
134		Barzen Hoyt	24	22
135		William Long	31	Unknown	Unknown	Black	North Carolina		[1]
136	November 20, 1942	Stoney Allison	19	18	1		Arkansas	Electrocution
137		A.D. Luckyando	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
138		Arthur Wayne Frazier	24	22	2	White	California	Gas chamber	[78]
139	November 26, 1942	W.Z. Lewis	26	26	0	Black	Georgia	Electrocution	[1]
140	November 28, 1942	Annie Beatrice Henry		24	2	Female	White		Louisiana	[79]
141	December 1, 1942	George L. Iles	22	21	1	Male	Black			[1]
142	December 3, 1942	William Hamilton	17	17	0
143	December 4, 1942	Alfred Horace Wells	32	31	1		White	California	Gas chamber	[80]
144	December 11, 1942	Zonnie Frasier	19	19	0		Black	South Carolina	Electrocution	[81]
145		John K. Robinson	18	17	1		White
146	December 17, 1942	Sylvester Brown	35	34			Black	Mississippi		[82]
147	December 18, 1942	William Thomas Mumford	22	22	0			District of Columbia		[83]

Demographics

Gender
Male	146	99%
Female	1	1%
Ethnicity
Black	81	55%
White	62	42%
Hispanic	4	3%
State
New York	18	12%
Texas	12	8%
Florida	11	7%
Georgia	11	7%
Alabama	9	6%
California	9	6%
North Carolina	7	5%
South Carolina	7	5%
Federal government	6	4%
Kentucky	6	4%
Louisiana	6	4%
Arkansas	5	3%
Maryland	5	3%
Mississippi	5	3%
Tennessee	5	3%
Illinois	4	3%
Virginia	3	2%
Colorado	2	1%
District of Columbia	2	1%
Massachusetts	2	1%
New Jersey	2	1%
Ohio	2	1%
Delaware	1	1%
Indiana	1	1%
Missouri	1	1%
Nevada	1	1%
Oklahoma	1	1%
Oregon	1	1%
Pennsylvania	1	1%
Utah	1	1%
Method
Electrocution	119	81%
Gas chamber	20	14%
Hanging	7	5%
Firing squad	1	1%
Month
January	20	14%
February	14	10%
March	19	13%
April	3	2%
May	10	7%
June	12	8%
July	18	12%
August	19	13%
September	10	7%
October	7	5%
November	8	5%
December	7	5%
Age
Unknown	4	3%
10–19	12	8%
20–29	65	44%
30–39	47	32%
40–49	11	7%
50–59	4	3%
60–69	4	3%
Total	147	100%

Executions in recent years

Number of executions
1943	134
1942	147
1941	123
Total	404

References

1. "Executions in the U.S. 1608-2002: The ESPY File" (PDF). Death Penalty Information Center . Retrieved September 5, 2025.
2. "Foulds Executed for Slaying His Ex-Boss". The Lewiston Daily Sun. January 7, 1942. p. 5.
3. "Negro Slayer Goes to Chair". The New York Times. January 9, 1942.
4. "Albert Dyer Is Electrocuted". The Tuscaloosa News. January 9, 1942. p. 3.
5. "Gallows Gets Brutal Fiend". The Spokesman-Review. January 10, 1942. p. 4.
6. "Hollandale Merchant Executed". The Vicksburg Post via newspapers.com. January 9, 1942. p. 1.
7. "Wilmington Youth Pays For Murder". The Robesonian. January 9, 1942. p. 1.
8. "2 SLAYERS DIE IN CHAIR; Third Man Wins Week's Reprieve From Governor Lehman". The New York Times. January 16, 1942.
9. "Governor Of Virginia Declines To Stop The Execution Of Two Men". Covington Virginian. January 13, 1942. p. 2.
10. "'I Had It Coming,' Admits 'Knifey' Before His Electrocution". The Portsmouth Times. January 17, 1942. p. 2.
11. "Slayer Dies in Chair". The Portsmouth Times. January 22, 1942. p. 2.
12. "RENNA GOES TO CHAIR; He Dies for Bronx Murders After Wife's 'Confession' Fails". The New York Times. January 23, 1942.
13. "Negro Electrocuted For Ashland Slaying". The Tuscaloosa News. January 23, 1942. p. 2.
14. "Glover v. State". vLex.
15. "DIES FOR SLAYING GIRL; Conroy Goes to Chair for Murder of 10-Year-Old Bronx Child". The New York Times. January 30, 1942.
16. "Youthful Slayer is Electrocuted". The Vicksburg Post via newspapers.com. February 9, 1942. p. 2.
17. "Dink Carter Dies in Chair". The Telegraph. February 10, 1942. p. 7.
18. "Walden v. State". CaseMine.
19. "Knox Youth Admits Assault Of Mute as Two Electrocuted". The Tennessean via newspapers.com. February 15, 1942. p. 4.
20. "2 IN MURDER RING ARE PUT TO DEATH; Maione and Abbandando Bring to Four the Number to Die for Syndicate Slayings". The New York Times. February 20, 1942.
21. "CVEK PUT TO DEATH; Vagrant Killed Bronx Woman and Attacked 15 Others". The New York Times. February 27, 1942.
22. "HOLD-UP SLAYER EXECUTED; Mardavich Dies in Sing Sing for H.V. Maxwell Murder". The New York Times. March 6, 1942.
23. "State v. Cox". vLex.
24. "Cone v. State". CourtListener.
25. "Killers Killed". Saskatoon Star-Phoenix. March 13, 1942. p. 7.
26. "Negro, Who Burned His Family to Death, Burned". Times Daily. March 13, 1942. p. 40.
27. "Negro Will Die in Chair Today". Herald-Journal. March 13, 1942. p. 5.
28. "17-Year-Old Boy Dies in Gas Cell". The Bulletin. March 20, 1942. p. 1.
29. "Clarence May's Death At State Prison Today". Chattanooga Daily Times via newspapers.com. March 20, 1942. p. 29.
30. "4 Slayers Die In Florida Electric Chair In An Hour". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. March 23, 1942. p. 1.
31. "Burnam v. Commonwealth". vLex.
32. "Execution of Negroes Today". Lodi News-Sentinel. April 10, 1942. p. 4.
33. "Science Records Dying Slayer's Heart Beat". St. Petersburg Times. April 25, 1942. p. 6.
34. "Two Negro Murderers are Denied Clemency". Times Daily. April 27, 1942. p. 16.
35. "Wife Slayer Pays Penalty". The Tuscaloosa News. May 1, 1942. p. 2.
36. "Pritchett Execution Called Gory Exhibit". The Afro American. May 12, 1942. p. 1.
37. "Boy's Slayer Dies in Chair". The Telegraph-Herald. May 13, 1942. p. 12.
38. "Colorado Slayer Goes to His Death Joking". Warsaw Daily Times. May 23, 1942. p. 5.
39. "C. A. Parrott Slaying May Never Be Solved". The Southeast Missourian. June 8, 1942. p. 6.
40. "Haywood Meets Gallows Death with Brief Moan". The Afro American. June 13, 1942. p. 66.
41. "KEEPER'S SLAYERS DIE; Two Who Broke Out of Sing Sing Last Year Are Put to Death". The New York Times. June 12, 1942.
42. "Two Killers Die Monday in Chair". St. Petersburg Times. June 12, 1942. p. 13.
43. "Hammer Killer Goes to Death in Chair". The Spokesman-Review. June 16, 1942. p. 18.
44. "Mealer Death Penalty Upheld". The Tuscaloosa News. May 14, 1942. p. 1.
45. "2 Youthful Slayers Executed in Mass". The Lewiston Daily Sun. June 30, 1942. p. 1.
46. "WALLER EXECUTED FOR FARM KILLING; Two-Year Fight for Virginia Negro Ends in Chair Despite Many Appeals". The New York Times. July 3, 1942.
47. "Hill v. State". CourtListener.
48. "Alabama Wife Slayer Dies in Electric Chair". The Pittsburgh Press. July 10, 1942. p. 20.
49. "Slayer Prays as He Dies on Md. Gallows". The Afro-American. July 18, 1942. p. 12.
50. "Berkeley County Negro Executed". The Item via newspapers.com. July 10, 1942. p. 2.
51. "Two Electrocuted At State Prison". St. Petersburg Times. July 21, 1942. p. 4.
52. "Daughter Slayer Will Die Tonight". Toledo Blade. July 22, 1942. p. 2.
53. "Afro Writer, Attorney Aid in Saving Man Doomed to Gallows". The Afro-American. July 28, 1942. p. 13.
54. "Jail Breaker Dies In Chair". The Tuscaloosa News. July 24, 1942. p. 2.
55. "Jail Breaker Dies In Chair". The Tuscaloosa News. July 24, 1942. p. 2.
56. "EXECUTED BY FIRING SQUAD; Condit Pays the Penalty in Utah for Hold-Up Murder". The New York Times. July 31, 1942.
57. "Wright v. State". CaseMine.
58. "People v. Briggs". Stanford Law School.
59. "State v. Gibson". CourtListener.
60. "Six Paid With Their Lives---Two Talked And Lived". Painesville Telegraph. August 10, 1942. p. 3.
61. "Mexican Executed For Ranch Slaying". The Evening Independent. August 8, 1942. p. 3.
62. "Haber Holdup-Killer Will Be Electrocuted". The Pittsburgh Press. May 7, 1942. p. 10.
63. "Times in Florida". St. Petersburg Times. August 6, 1942. p. 10.
64. "Convict Pays With Life for Stabbing". Berkeley Daily Gazette. August 21, 1942. p. 5.
65. "Two Negro Slayers Executed in Kentucky". Warsaw Daily Union. August 29, 1942. p. 2.
66. "Nevada to Claim Life of Convict". The Bulletin. August 27, 1942. p. 1.
67. "Willie Larkin To Die After Being Sentenced On Rape Charge; House Thief Is Given 21 Years". The Madison Journal via newspapers.com. September 4, 1942. p. 1.
68. "2 KILLERS GO TO CHAIR; Carlo Barone and Edward Hicks, Both of Brooklyn, Die". The New York Times. September 11, 1942.
69. "Negro Rapist In South Carolina Is Put to Death". The Evening Independent. September 11, 1942. p. 11.
70. "3 KILLERS GO TO CHAIR; Jacinto, Edwards and Clark Are Put to Death at Sing Sing". The New York Times. September 18, 1942.
71. "Policeman's Slayer Executed in Chicago". Toledo Blade. September 18, 1942. p. 14.
72. "State v. Guillory". CourtListener.
73. "Policeman's Slayer Executed in Chicago". Toledo Blade. September 18, 1942. p. 14.
74. "Buster Shaw to Pay Penalty on Friday". Waycross Journal-Herald. October 15, 1942. p. 16.
75. "Torturer-Killer Of Girl Pays Penalty Tonight". San Jose Evening News. October 23, 1942. p. 7.
76. "State Executes Slayer, Rapist". The News and Observer via newspapers.com. October 31, 1942. p. 7.
77. "Young Murderers Die in Chamber". The Bulletin. November 13, 1942. p. 1.
78. "Blackjackers Die In Gas Execution". Berkeley Daily Gazette. November 14, 1942. p. 1.
79. "WOMAN EXECUTED FOR 1940 MURDER; Mrs. Henry Goes Quietly to the Louisiana Chair for Slaying Man as He Begged Mercy". The New York Times. November 29, 1942.
80. "Slayer of Three Pays With Life". The Bulletin. December 4, 1942. p. 1.
81. "Two Slayers Electrocuted". Warsaw Daily Union. December 12, 1942. p. 3.
82. "Madison County Wife-Murderer Pays Supreme Penalty in "Chair"". Jackson Advocate via newspapers.com. December 26, 1942. p. 1.
83. "D.C. Slayer Goes to Chair with a Smile". The Afro American. December 26, 1942. p. 18.

Preceded by 1941

List of people executed       in the United States in    1942

Succeeded by 1943